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Does anyone know what happened to the Surface Duo? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Microsoft were pioneering the foldable phone trend, then after the Surface Duo 2, silently discontinued the lineup.

Of course it might be its awkward dual screen system, but that wouldn’t be the full story.

Anyone know (and is allowed to disclose) any further details on the demise of the Surface Duo?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Call me crazy, but I loved mine (near the end). No crease, could still multitask fine. The fact it folded shut kept me from opening and doom scrolling as much. Could throw a video on one screen and "tent" the phone easily.

But yeah, the software took awhile to get even "okay" out the gate and that really hurt the user experience. I felt I was always wrestling with mine over something for the first 6mos even.